Not your typical web developer, Judi brings an unusual wealth of experience to her work at her company, New Tricks, with a background that includes being a Ph.D. Psychologist and serial entrepreneur. Judi hosts the Atlanta WordPress Users Group with over 1,500 members, as well as organizing  WordCamp Atlanta. She is a blogger, frequent national speaker, and publishes Just a Digital Minute, a popular weekly newsletter providing actionable digital marketing tips.

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WCATL 2015 Session – Spinach in Your Teeth? Rapid Fire Website Critiques
Panel Presentation with John Saddington, Jenny Munn and David Laeittia

Join us and find out best practices for home page content and design. If you’d like to get some feedback, this is the place for you. Be prepared to give us your website URL and we will tell you like it is!

In one way or another, I’ve always been a communicator. Through words and images, core messages and assembled designs, I get a kick out of helping people, businesses and organizations reach out to the world and make a meaningful impression. First using print as my canvas, and now WordPress, I’ve paid close attention to what resonates with folks, and what doesn’t. And man, I’ve learned a lot. Glad to have had the chance to pass it along by teaching graphic design, marketing writing, and the Optimized for Humans web marketing presentation.

Find Tom Tortorici online at TortoriciInc.com
Follow Tom Tortorici on Twitter – tom_tortorici

WCATL 2015 Session – Awesome Images on Your Website

When someone lands on your website, the first thing they notice are the images. Are they powerful, compelling visuals that draw visitors closer? Or are they … just o.k.? We’ll look at a slew of before-and-after examples that show what can be done to increase the visual appeal and visceral impact of your photos on the web. From banner images to profile photos to stock photos, you’ll discover tips, ideas and all kinds useful insights for creating ‘eye candy’ that makes your site stand out. This is a non-technical presentation of eye-catching possibilities.

WordPress Rockstar. Farmer, mbira player, father, river rafter, traveler.

WCATL 2015 Session – Put a Little Backbone in Your WordPress

Backbone (and Underscore!) are bundled with WordPress – explore how you can leverage their power to deliver complex user experiences while keeping your code organized and maintainable. When and why should you use Backbone? How can WordPress help?

We will delve into a sample Backbone project and review major WordPress core components built with Backbone – including media, revisions and themes. We will also cover using the JSON REST API to get data into and out of WordPress.

Mike Stewart is president and founder of Soundpages Inc., a complete multimedia production facility located in the Atlanta area of Georgia, USA. Mike has composed countless radio jingles, television scores, and produced or performed on music heard all over the world. He has worked with world famous musicians such as Tommy Roe, Joe South, The Shirelles, William Bell (Georgia Hall of Fame Recipient), Isaac Hayes, Eddie Floyd, Bertie Higgins, and Bill Anderson: The list goes on and on of Georgia performers who’s who. He owned and operated a recording studio for over twenty years working in all facets of digital audio and video.

In 1996, Mike became passionate about the future of the Internet and how small businesses could benefit from the web if they just understood how to make it work for their company. He saw how the broadcast of audio and video information on a website was no different than the television/radio industry he had been a part of all his life.

Since that time, he has become very successful consulting with small business owners on how to set up their worldwide TV stations and broadcast their unique marketing message to the world.

WCATL 2015 Session – iPad Video Blogging

Why video blogging is so powerful for relationship building, and how easy it is to embed video in WordPress.

I demonstrate the top 10 video apps that make incredible video content with your iPad and give resources for accessories that vastly improve the quality of your videos. Plus case studies of successful bloggers who turn viewers into customers.